Making a drum machine plug-in, which octave first

[kingozrecords]

Hello all, I wondered advice/ Which octave should I set My new free drum plug-in to start at.

C#3 is popular, but it could be also C#4 dependent on the size of the key. Any assistance would be really appreciated. A free plug-in or a few for the assistance.

I'd like to make the plug-in just right.

Thanks,
King OZ

[Erisian]

In my limited experience, most start with the bass/kick drum on either C#1 or C#3. I think either C#3 or C#4 is most useful because it is easier to find on a piano roll keyboard. Thinking about it, C#4 makes a lot of sense.

[Blaster]

Best keep it standard : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_M ... yboard.svg

[Erisian]

Best keep it standard : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_M ... yboard.svg

That's General Midi - it has an awful lot of drums to squeeze in. Most drum machines are not mapped like this.

[NERF_PROTOSS]

I like starting on C2 (to be precise, I mean MIDI note 36. I'm calling middle C C4) and going up chromatically

[Aloysius]

Always start at C1 for Kick

[thecontrolcentre]

^^ this

[kingozrecords]

Thank you, this helps Me to study the right search terms.

Basically My new drum machine will allow you to select a folder or a zip file containing samples. It will automatically unzip and save the location. It will also automatically assign the keys to the samples based on alpha numeric algorithms.

I like making tracks a lot, but I get tired of manually using samples, like those from tri-samples. Maybe I'll contact them and ask them if I can use their samples to make free patches with advertising to their site built in. (in the form of an auto detected url entry www. in any of the file names). It's like I get lazy; I don't know if I'm alone in this, I like mixing but I want no headaches and I want everything to basically be one button so I can get started mixing.

Hopefully I can make that a reality.

[Roboman20000]

The ones I've used all start of note 36 (C2). But would it not be possible to have the note range configurable? Implementing either a Settings menu or Midi Learn would be a great usability feature.

[kingozrecords]

The ones I've used all start of note 36 (C2). But would it not be possible to have the note range configurable? Implementing either a Settings menu or Midi Learn would be a great usability feature.

Yes, I'll be making that configurable, but often it's nice if it's fast and works in a generically pleasing way off the hop. Thanks for the feedback I'll send you the final product when it's ready with lots of payware patches free.

[NAD]

Note that MIDI octave numbers are NOT standard e.g. C1 in one DAW or plugin might be C2 in another.
What's for certain is note 36 is a de facto standard for starting a drum kit. The GM map might be overkill but at least the first octave or so would be very familiar to most people, i.e. kick on 36, snare on 38, hats on 42,44,46, toms on 41,43,45,47 etc...

[Aloysius]

General MIDI Drum Map

The General MIDI standard, maintained by the MIDI Association, defines note number mapping for drum and percussion sounds.

http://qsrdrums.com/webhelp-responsive/ ... m_kit.html

[Ploki]

another plugin of flowstone borrowed hodgepodge code incoming, cant wait